STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1266

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 371

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 371, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the name and composition of the Board of Dental Examiners to reflect the full scope of the Board's duties and to ensure adequate representation of dental hygienists.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Dental Hygienists Association and several individuals.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from Hawaii Dental Association and numerous individuals.  The Board of Dental Examiners and Office of Information Practices submitted comments.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting language that would have changed the name of the Board of Dental Examiners to the Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene;

     (2)  Amending the proposed Board composition to add one additional dental hygienist member and specify that of the three total hygienist members, two shall reside in the City and County of Honolulu and one shall reside in the County of Hawaii, Maui, or Kauai;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 371, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 371, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce,

____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair